Django 1.8 post_save without recursion

[Neto]

What is the best way to avoid recursion when using post_save?

@receiver(post_save, sender=Person)
def do(sender, instance, *args, **kwargs):
    instance.ok = True
    instance.save()

[Simon Charette]

I don't think there's best a way of doing it but in your specific case the following should do:

@receiver(post_save, sender=Person)
def do(instance, update_fields, *args, **kwargs):
    if update_fields == {'ok'}:
        return
    instance.ok = True
    instance.save(update_fields={'ok'})

Simon

[Alexander MacQueen]

The post_save 'created' argument could help if you only wanted to trigger the signal when the Person was first created:

@receiver(post_save, sender=Person)
def do(instance, *args, **kwargs):
    if kwargs.get('created'):
        instance.ok = True
        instance.save()